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WINNER OF THE MICHAEL MURPHY MEMORIAL PRIZE
POETRY BOOK SOCIETY CHOICE

In the language of fan fiction, a Mary Sue' is an idealised and implausibly flawless character: a female archetype that can infuriate audiences for its perceived narcissism.

Such is the setting for this brilliant and important debut by Sophie Collins. In a series of verse and prose collages, Who Is Mary Sue? exposes the presumptive politics behind writing and readership: the idea that men invent while women reflect; that a man writes of the world outside while a woman will turn to the interior.

Part poetry and part reportage, at once playful and sincere, these fictivefactive miniatures deploy original writing and extant quotation in a mode of pure invention. In so doing, they lift up and lay down a revealing sequence of masks and mirrors that disturb the reflection of authority.

A work of captivation and correction, this is a book that will resonate with anyone

Who Is Mary Sue Faber Poetry

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: 08/02/2018
      ISBN13: 9780571346615, 978-0571346615
      ISBN10: 0571346618
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      WINNER OF THE MICHAEL MURPHY MEMORIAL PRIZE
      POETRY BOOK SOCIETY CHOICE

      In the language of fan fiction, a Mary Sue' is an idealised and implausibly flawless character: a female archetype that can infuriate audiences for its perceived narcissism.

      Such is the setting for this brilliant and important debut by Sophie Collins. In a series of verse and prose collages, Who Is Mary Sue? exposes the presumptive politics behind writing and readership: the idea that men invent while women reflect; that a man writes of the world outside while a woman will turn to the interior.

      Part poetry and part reportage, at once playful and sincere, these fictivefactive miniatures deploy original writing and extant quotation in a mode of pure invention. In so doing, they lift up and lay down a revealing sequence of masks and mirrors that disturb the reflection of authority.

      A work of captivation and correction, this is a book that will resonate with anyone

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